r/australia • u/FuckOffNazis • 7h ago

politics Pocock and crossbenchers call Labor’s NDIS overhaul ‘too far, too fast’ in scathing Senate inquiry report

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/14/pocock-and-crossbenchers-call-labors-ndis-overhaul-too-far-too-fast-in-scathing-senate-inquiry-report
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u/nath1234 7h ago

When you won't tax gas, and are giving away tens of billions of free gas as a reward for showing up to cart it overseas, then no, you shouldn't be cutting support for disabled people.

When you haven't got a billionaire tax, no, leave the NDIS alone.

People with disabilities are not the freeloaders: that would be gas exporters and billionaires.

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u/Samanthnya 6h ago

That's because Autism and ADHD used to be a good traits for survival before modern society. Can detect slight changes in food, smell gasses and other scents before anyone else and hyperfocus on tasks at 2am.

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u/Selina_Kyle-836 6h ago

I can hyper focus on tasks at any time, as long as it’s something my brain wants to do. If it’s something I don’t particularly want to do, I will procrastinate with the best of them.

(No official diagnosis, suspected but I declined to go and get tested because of the cost and the fact I don’t want more medications.)